Georg Simon Ohm was a German physicist who started his career as a high school teacher. Ohm's research started with the Electrochemical Cell. Ohm used equipment of his own creation and soon developed Ohm's Law. Using this experiment Ohm was able to tell the relatonship between voltage, current, and resistance. This was the true beginning of electrical circuit analysis. Ohm published these findings in 1827. Current electricity was his main interest. Although ridiculed Ohm's ideas were amazing.Ohm did not make a good living, but made do with what he had.
Insight and Influences
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Georg Ohm was born in Erlangen, Bavaria, on March 16, 1787. His parents were named Johann Wolfgang Ohm and Maria Elizabeth Beck. Ohm was one of seven children his parents had, but unfortunately four of them died in their childhood. Ohm grew up with his brother, Martin Ohm, and sister, Elizabeth Barbara. His father, Johann, was a locksmith and his mother, Maria, was the daughter of a tailor, but when Ohm was only ten his mother died. Ohm's father, although never formally educated, had educated himself to a high level. Using his high level of education he was able to give his sons an excellent education through his own teaching. He taught them very high standards of mathematics, physics, chemistry and philosophy.In 1805, when Georg Ohm was only fifteen, he went to the University of Erlangen. While attending here he became very distracted and was not concentrating on his studies. Ohm was spending most of his time dancing, ice skating, and playing billiards. Johann became angry with Georg lack of concentration on his studies so he sent him to Switzerland. While there he took became a mathematical teacher in a school in the Institute of Gottstadt.
Georg's father, Johann, was a very big influence on him. If it was not for his father he would have never become what he did. Ohm's father wasn't his only influence. Karl Christian von Langsdorf persuaded Ohm to continue studying mathematics. Ohm reluctantly took his advice but left his teaching post to become a private tutor.
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Georg Simon Ohm
Georg Simon Ohm was a German physicist who started his career as a high school teacher. Ohm's research started with the Electrochemical Cell. Ohm used equipment of his own creation and soon developed Ohm's Law. Using this experiment Ohm was able to tell the relatonship between voltage, current, and resistance. This was the true beginning of electrical circuit analysis. Ohm published these findings in 1827. Current electricity was his main interest. Although ridiculed Ohm's ideas were amazing.Ohm did not make a good living, but made do with what he had.
Insight and Influences
Georg's father, Johann, was a very big influence on him. If it was not for his father he would have never become what he did. Ohm's father wasn't his only influence. Karl Christian von Langsdorf persuaded Ohm to continue studying mathematics. Ohm reluctantly took his advice but left his teaching post to become a private tutor.
Major Contributions
Affect and Effect
Legacy
References
1. http://www.corrosion-doctors.org/Biographies/OhmBio.htm
2. http://www.gap-system.org/~history/Biographies/Ohm.html
3. http://www.geocities.com/bioelectrochemistry/ohm.htm
4. http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Georg_Ohm